diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/inkscape/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/inkscape/default.nix
index 3704ea2f9c41..e009676f2f19 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/inkscape/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/inkscape/default.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "06ql3x732x2rlnanv0a8aharsnj91j5kplksg574090rks51z42d";
   };
 
+  patches = [ ./deprecated-scopedptr.patch ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs share/extensions
   ''
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/inkscape/deprecated-scopedptr.patch b/pkgs/applications/graphics/inkscape/deprecated-scopedptr.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..94ae901394fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/inkscape/deprecated-scopedptr.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+glibmm deprecated ScopedPtr
+---
+diff -u src/ui/clipboard.cpp src/ui/clipboard.cpp
+--- a/src/ui/clipboard.cpp	2015-01-28 04:32:28.162676000 +0100
++++ b/src/ui/clipboard.cpp	2016-04-03 09:13:12.360980533 +0200
+@@ -1402,7 +1402,7 @@
+ 
+         Glib::ustring target;
+         if (atom_name) {
+-            target = Glib::ScopedPtr<char>(atom_name).get(); //This frees the gchar*.
++            target = Glib::make_unique_ptr_gfree(atom_name).get(); //This frees the gchar*.
+         }
+ 
+         listTargets.push_back(target);
+
+Diff finished.  Sun Apr  3 09:13:51 2016